I remember one of my first friends in my guild, Shinerbok... He loaned me some money for my epic ground mount when I was 63 and sick of my slow one, and we enjoyed leveling together. He just about stopped at 62 or 63, though. I was sad, but ... as they say, Real Life Happens. Sometimes I'm tempted to say, "Real life, schmeal life! What could be more important than WoW?", but ... I know that tha's not a very good attitude to have.

Recently, my guild has been in need of my 1337 DPS for Kara / ZA, but sometimes ... I just can't go. Why? Cuz I had a date with my girlfriend. Or cuz it's not an official date, but we're working on homework together, etc. etc. etc. They've been patient with me, cuz it's good to be nice to people in the RL world, and it's not like that could really affect my WoW time all that significantly...

Oops, scratch that. Now my girlfriend has finally overcome her fears, concerns, worries, doubts, and reservations, and we're ready to move on with this relationship. So I proposed last week, and we're getting married on December 28th! (Yes, I know it's a little fast, but we want to be together before the homework starts again...)

Now that we're more than "just dating", I find myself wanting to spend ALL of my time with her, and what I spend on WoW is mostly time that I can't spend with her. And once we're married, I know I'll have a lot more demands on my time. Although I'd like to think I'd still get some decent raiding time in with my guild, I'm fairly certain that I'd almost never play, and certainly, my $15 / month would go to waste. And if it doesn't, then that would mean I'm not focusing enough on the things that I need to.

The end result is that I think this upcoming month is my last in the World of WarCraft. Maybe I'll pick it up again when WotLK comes out. Maybe not, I don't know, but for now, my path is clear. I shall certainly miss this place. My time here has been one of wonder and excitement, deep and true friendships, and bitter hot fury (stupid allies!!!). It's been a time for me to put my Computer Science major to good use (I've been maintaining two mods), and relax from the stresses of regular life. It's been a challenge to learn the mechanics and complexities of so many different classes, and a stress-reliever to just sit in UC and fish up [Old Skulls] till I hit 375!!!

To everyone who has helped make my time here what it has been, I wish to express my profoundest thanks and gratitude. As my addons folder has 221 subfolders in it, that means most everyone who's ever published a mod. (lol I know, a slight exaggeration) More seriously, even if I don't use your mod, your mod has inspired others to learn modding, as I've been inspired. It's a grand, self-sufficient community that I'm proud to have been a part of.

My thanks are also out to my guild, my friends, the people who have randomly given me 10g for ports, and everyone I've ever pugged with. My whole server rocks. There have even been times where I'll meet an Ally questing, and instead of ganking me, we work on the quest together and do our best to communicate with emotes! To you allies, my hat is off. And lastly, to Curse for having a beautiful, well-organized, and well-populated addon site, I thank you.

I mentioned earlier that I have two mods. If anyone is interested in taking over them for me, send me a message and tell me. I want them to have nice responsible homes. I always wanted to make OnScreen Aced, but I never got around to it. Hope someone can do it for me.

Enjoy your time, don't gank the opposing faction (too much), and PLEASE go dominate ZA for me!

Love, ~Jzar (70 frost mage, Spirestone)